34128 Kassel: Ecological settlement "Frasenweg", architecture: among others Hegger, Hegger-Luhnen, Gernot Minke, 36 dwelling units, GFZ 0.7, loam and timber frame construction, consistent use of recyclable and energy-saving building materials, green roofs, mound houses, use of rainwater, winter gardens. Completion: 1993
| Address | Kirchweg 68 |
| New construction, renovation | New building |
| Size (WE) | 36 |
| Completion | 1993 |
| Ecology | |
| Waste/water | Reduction of drinking water use, water storage in vegetation systems |
| Waste | Waste collection and recycling |
| Energy | passive use of solar energy, winter gardens, greenhouses, buffer rooms, summer heat protection, radiant heating, thermal insulation, no basements |
| Building Biology / Building Materials | Avoidance of harmful building materials, use of wood and loam |
| Traffic | Car parking spaces on the edge of the settlement |
| Outdoor facilities | Avoidance of sealing, roof and façade greening Minimisation of development expenditure, windbreak hedges, windbreak copses |
| Climate | indirect ventilation, via winter gardens, oxygen enrichment and purification of indoor air through integration of vegetation |
| Mud-vaulted buildings | The residential house of Prof. Gernot Minke is built as a mound house in clay construction. |
| Links | Report from 7/26/2019 on the 35th anniversary in the regional newspaper "Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine": www.hna.de/...sie-wurden-einst-als-birkenstocktraeger-belaechelt-35-jahre-oekosiedlung-in-kassel-12859452.html Minke residence 1985 and 1993: www.gernotminke.de |
| Sources: | Unit:  (1,6 MB)Urban Experience - Urban Design Building Blocks for Human Ecology German Institute for Distance Learning at the UNI Tübingen DIFF NR.5 Ecological Orientation in Planning, Renovation and Construction p.223 ff |
Last Updated: December 6, 2020
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